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Several clues used 12 as the definition in a couple of different ways. I got three card games before I got GAME itself and assumed I was looking for card games, thus PARTRIDGE had me for a while. A lot of the clues were of the very straightforward charade type, A+B, most of which naturally split into two parts. Most of these I have left uncommented upon. A little more invention and variety would have been nice. I found a couple of the words obscure and resorted to a dictionary for RECUSANTS and ALGECIRAS.

Across

1

PARTRIDGE — PART+RIDGE — a ridge is a Gaelic drum.

6

MUSHY — MUSH+(da)Y

9

DACHA — D(ay)+A+CHA — a Russian country home.

10

ALGECIRAS — (GLACIER)*+AS

11

LAST SUPPER — LAST+SUPPER

12

GAME — GAME(te) — ref. TE Lawrence.

14

HANGMAN — HANG+MAN

15

OLD MAID — OLD+MA(I)D

17

LAST LAP — LAST+LAP — I’m surprised this one wasn’t linked to 11. However, the surface reading here was very good.

19

LAMPREY — (PERM)* in LAY — amateur often translates as AM but here LAY, as in lay preacher, etc., is used.

20

SNAP — (PAN’S)<

22

KNOCKABOUT — KNOCK+A+BOUT

25

DISCOLOUR — IS+C IN DOLOUR

26

POKER — double def.

27

SHELL — double def.

28

NUMBER TEN — NUMBER+TEN

Down

1

PEDAL — PE(D)AL

2

RECUSANTS — (ETRUSCANS)*

3

REASSEMBLY — MESS< in (BARLEY)* — this was the best word play in the puzzle, if not quite the best surface.

4

DEADPAN — DEAD+PAN

5

EL GRECO — (LEGER)*+CO

6

MICA — MIC+A — mic is a shorter abbreviation for microphone than mike.

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